IMPORTANT CHINESE EVENTS

1. The Eight-Power Allied Forces (aggressive troops sent by Britain, the United States, German, France, Russia, Japan, Italy and Austria in 1900, to suppress the anti-imperialist Yihetuan Movement) invaded China and forced the Qing court to sign the International Protocol of 1901 in the ninth lunar month of 1901 with 11 countries, which turned China into a semi-colonial and feudalist society.

2. The founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on July 1, 1921

3. The War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-45) was the first time that China won a complete victory in the fight against foreign invasion in its modern history.

4. The War of Liberation (1945-1949) began the People's Republic of China (PRC), which was founded on October 1, 1949.

5. The War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53).

6. China exploded its first Atomic bomb, on October 16, 1964 and launched its first satellite on April 24, 1970.

7. The return to the motherland of Hong Kong and Macao, in 1997 and 1999.

Source: http://fpeng.peopledaily.com.cn/200012/30/eng20001230_59200.html

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